DAILY CALLER — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may not have a monopoly on socialism in the democratic primary for 2016’s presidential election. Mises Institute Senior Fellow Mark Thornton argues that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, is still a socialist, just a bit less socialist.

“Bernie is the most socialist but he’s not far off from Hillary,” Thornton told The Daily Caller News Foundation “So whoever gets elected there isn’t much of a difference.”

Socialism in mainly defined as collective or governmental ownership of the economy. There is some debate over whether the control could be limited to just fundamental economic functions or whether it has to expand to the greater economy. Democratic-Socialism adds to the theory that systems should be in place to allow the public to voice how they believe the economy is controlled.

“That’s really what Democratic-Socialism is, they want more government in our lives,” Thornton noted. “Bernie Sanders is just a more honest version of that.”